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Monday, May 20, 2013

Well... a change is in the air in more ways than one. Those of you in attendance last time went away excited to prepare war songs and stories for our next WTF! on May 24th where guest hosts Jon Stone and Jay Perry were planning to stage the War of 1812... or at least some memorable exerpts. Unfortunately... we have to move the war into June as Jon will be AWOL on the 24th. I say a court marshall is in order

Cindy; however... for personal reasons close to her heart... disagrees. So... while Cindy and I debate Jon's fate...( she's leaning heavily into keeping Jon from the gallows and I'm feeling in need of some gallows humour ) ... I toss out the theme of...PERSISTENCE & CHANGE.

COME ALL YE FAIR AND TENDER LADIES. Weep no more. Even though your sweet JACK MUNROE has travelled over 10,000 MILES clutching his BROKEN TOKEN to his breast as THE GREEN WILLOW TREE founders off THE COAST OF HIGH BARBAREE... at least he's not *BLOWIN' IN THE WIND at the end of a rope like poor GEORDIE. I guess it's true... meat will be the death of you

Margo

But it's not too late to change. * Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan was born on May 24th 1941. On Friday, May 24th, 2013... join all of us at WTF! as we sing Happy 72nd Birthday to a man who not only epitomized the hedonistic culture of the 1960s but... reinvented himself with every successive decade and is still... fourty-odd years later... a vibrant musical force . If that's not persistence....

WTF! is an artistic outreach program of the Helen Creighton FolkloreSociety. We meet every second and fourth Friday of the month atCHEBUCTO COFFEE, 6430 Chebucto Road, corner of Chebucto & Kline in Halifax where Mike's extraordinary culinary fare is approaching legendary status. Come early for a bite and stay for the entertainment which starts around 6:30 and goes until 9:00ish. As always...admission is by free-will donation towards the Society's work.WTF Hosts: Cindy Campbell Stone and Margo Carruthers.Cindy takes no responsiblity for the persisent and continous changes of Margo's ramblings. I just post and host, Margo writes rambles and rotas for WTF nights.If nothing else, we are good for a laugh or too! Helen Creighton Folklore Society

After having just returned from a wee tour in Quebec and Ontario, I just wanted to send off a quick note to let you know that I will be performing in the area coming up this Thursday May 23 at the Rose & Kettle Tea Room.http://roseandkettleconcertsessions.blogspot.ca/

Hosted by Vince Morash,The Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions are presented in collaboration with the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society.

The farm is located on Poplar Drive, just off Cole Harbour Road, and is reachable by city bus routes 59, 61, and 68.

By car, coming from the Dartmouth side on Cole Harbour Road, turn left at the lights at Otago Drive, across from the Cole Harbour Shopping Centre then left onto Poplar Drive. The parking lot for the farm is on the left. (Just remember to take it slow turning into the parking area!)

Concerts run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Coffee, tea and baked goods are available for purchase.

And, the entrance fee is by good-will donation.

(And if you know of anyone who might be interested in hearing live acoustic music, please feel free to forward this message along.)

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Our following Rose and Kettle Concert Session on Thursday May 16 features an up an coming musician Shannon Quinn. Shannon is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, dancer and composer. Having been performing with her father Tony for 12 years, she has been featured among many successful recording artists, and in turn has become one herself.

In the coming weeks we have:

May 23 - Dan MacKinnon - A great troubador and creator of original music in the Maritime tradition

May 30 - Ian Foster - This singer/songwriter is a Newfoundlander who shows the other side of music from the Rock

June 6 - The Hupman Brothers - A band which has become a local music legend!

Our concerts start at 7 and admission is by free will donation.Proceeds from kitchen and gift shop sales support the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Farm.

Watch our blog site for updates on our line up, a few YouTube videos of our performances, and a few highlights from past shows. Just Google "Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions" or go to:www.roseandkettleconcertsessions.blogspot.com

Find our YouTube channel with more than 85 videos of performances over the past two years at:

The Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions are a weekly series of musical presentations produced by volunteers with the Cole Harbour Rural Heritage Society. All free-will admission donations support the musical performance.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Ciamar a tha sibh?
Since May is officially Gaelic Awareness Month...on Friday, May 10th...WTF! will be going totally Gaelic.
GASP!
I knew that would get your attention.

Although a Gaelic extravaganza would be appealing to perhaps three of us
... WTF! wishes to remain all inclusive and asks that you bring a song
or story from your OWN heritage... a beloved hand-me-down or perhaps
something home-made.

A lot of Gaelic songs stem from leaving the old country, the voyage
over and the struggles to adjust in "the land of the trees". Unless
you are of Mi'kmaq descent... your ancestors arrived by sea too so we
are ALL officially boat people
So... think about your forebears, who they were, where they came from,
why they came and what happened to them when they got here.
Stories
and songs abound!
Choose one (or more) that resonates with you and
feel free to tell us why.

We Gaels are a magnanimous lot and will happily share a portion of our
month getting cultured.

Le deagh dhùrachd,
Xo Mairead bheag

WTF! is an artistic outreach program of the Helen Creighton Folklore
Society.

We meet every second and fourth Friday of the month at
CHEBUCTO COFFEE, 6430 Chebucto Road, corner of Chebucto and Kline in
Halifax where Mike's extraordinary culinary fare is approaching
legendary status.

Come early for a bite and stay for the entertainment
which starts around 6:30 and goes until 9:00ish.

As always...
admission is by free-will donation towards the Society's work.